Boot or shoe sole



(No Model.)

A. J. MOTT.

BOOT 0R SHOE SOLE. No. 298,610. Patented May 113, 1884.

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AARON JAMES MOTT, OF FULTON, KANSAS.

BOOT OR SHQE SOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,610, dated May 13, 1884-.

Application filed February 9, 1884. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON JAMES Mo'rr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Soles, of which the following is a description.

Figure l is a plan view of the shank. Fig. 2 is a partial View of the bottom of a shoe provided with my shank, and Fig. 3 is a section through the line 00 w of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to the manufacture of boots and shoes; and it consists of a peculiar construction and arrangement of sole designed to hold the shoe in proper shape and prevent the shank from falling down, and designed, also, to make a cheaper and stronger construe tion, and one in which the shank may be utilized for difi'erent shoes, and which will facilitate, also, the half-soling of the shoe when worn out.

In the drawings, AB represent the outsole, which is made in two pieces. A is the shank and heel portion, which is made .of metal or other rigid material of the proper shape; and B is the sole proper or half-sole, which is made of leather. The metal shank has at its end nearest the toe a scarfed or recessed portion, a, upon which laps the rear end of the leather halfsole when the same is fastened to the upper.

For securing the metal shank A to the up- 7 per and insole, said shank has around its edge a row of countersunk screw-holes, I), through which screws pass to the edges of the insole and upper, and the rear edge of the leather half-sole is secured to the metal shank by the same screws that pass through the front end of the shank. The leather sole itself may be secured by pegs, stitching, or any other means 0 of attachment.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a metallic shank for a shoe-sole, and do not claim this, broadly; but it will be seen that the rear portion of the shank is extended to 4,5 the end and sides of the heel, and is made to correspond to the size of and form a base for the heel, and is made with a hole, 0, whose inner edges are thinner than the exterior edges, so that the portion of the shank that fits beneath the heel corresponds to the ordinary beveled piece of leather used for that purpose, thus acting as a substitute for the same,and also making such a firm and solid connection as to prevent the shank from twisting and 5 5 avoiding to a great extent the running over of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A metal shank for a shoe, having a heelbase formed therewith, which base is of greater thickness at its edge than it is in the center, as described.

2. A metal shank for ashoe, having a heelbaseformed therewith, with a hole, 0, in the center, as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with the leather sole B, of the metal shank A, having scarfed edge a, and a heel-base, with a hole, 0, therein, and a leather heel fastened upon the heel-base, substantially as shown and described.

AARON JAMES MOTT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD T. SHAFFER, 'W. J. STONE. 

